New York Divorce Blog

Blog Posts in 2013

A young woman came to see me recently at the urging of a family friend who felt I could help. She was a successful financial professional, who had graduated from Harvard, was married to a physician and had one child. She explained that over the past ...

The holidays are a time for reflection, love, and getting together with family. Divorced families have an extra variable to take into account. Because Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Winter break from school are all just around the corner, I’ve ...

In my thirty plus years as a family law attorney, I cannot recall a period of time in which I’ve seen so many stories in the news concerning high profile paternity cases. Within recent years, big names like former NBA star Michael Jordan, ...

You’ve spent countless hours working to build your business. You have an intellectual property law firm or pediatric medical practice or even a landscaping company. You’ve taken on loans and have worked more weekends than you care to ...

A baby is on the way for Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, and if rumors are true, wedding bells may soon follow. Should they have a prenuptial agreement? Just ask Katy Perry, Madonna, and Kelsey Grammer why a prenuptial agreement is so important. But ...

Originally printed in New Woman Magazine, November 1988 S USAN AND JEFF MET IN LOS ANGELES. AFTER MAJORING IN film at UCLA, Susan had spent her 20s writing unsold movie scripts and working part-time in public relations. Jeff, with a Stanford MBA, had ...

Originally published in NEW WOMAN magazine in February 1991 Divorce doesn’t mean you and your children have to live in poverty. A leading divorce lawyer answers some common questions on how to safeguard your financial future. – SOCIAL ...

This is, of course, not a real letter and certainly not from the real Kevin Federline, but I get questions like this all the time from husbands and wives wondering how they’ll be able to support themselves after going through a divorce. So what ...

Originally published in Woman's Day August 19, 1986 Marriage is still popular, but more and more women are now looking beyond romance to economics. And many are signing—even insisting upon—prenuptial agreements. No one knows exactly ...

The month of April can be one of the most worrisome and taxing times of year—literally. More so, a divorce can be one of the most emotionally painful ordeals a person can go through. Anyone who has ever gone through a divorce will tell you that ...

When a married couple goes through a divorce, one of the most contested issues is often their children. As a mediator and divorce attorney for more than thirty years, I’ve seen countless custody disputes. For many years, courts ruled in favor ...

In most divorce cases in which there are children – whether the divorce is highly contested or amicably resolved through settlement negotiations – an important part of the process involves resolution of the child support issue. Your ...

With the holidays and 2012 in the rearview mirror, many of us have set resolutions and goals for ourselves for 2013 in the interests of happiness and personal development. For some, the attainment of those objectives involves the dissolution of their ...